Real Estate & Property Market News
The latest real estate and property market news from our team of industry leading professionals
First-home buyer trying to beat the rush snaps up Coburg unit sight-unseen
Once private inspections are allowed again, the purchaser thought several other buyers would come into the market – and she wanted to get in early.
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The Star chief executive joins the groovers of Newtown for $5.8m
TITLE DEEDS: Matt Bekier ditches Vaucluse for Newtown, Maryanne Pagent to list in Cremorne Point for $16m and John Dieter Kahlbetzer sells his two-storey bolthole.
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Tech entrepreneur in $40m property splurge over four months
Techie Robin Khuda gives Mike Cannon-Brookes a run for his real estate money, splurging $40m in four months from Palm Beach to Mosman.
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Former Port Adelaide player Chad Cornes sells up in favour of country life
He has the postcode where he was born and bred tattooed on his fingers, but with a baby on the way he's selling his beachside home and moving to the country.
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New home loan rules will increase debt, push up property prices: experts
Borrowers have had to justify every expense from coffees to Netflix, but plans to make it easier to get a loan risk pushing up prices and loading consumers with debt, experts warn.
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Top 3 open homes to inspect in Canberra and Googong this weekend
Of all the properties listed on Allhomes, we've picked the top three properties that have piqued our interest.
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The best properties for sale around Victoria right now
These homes from Ocean Grove to Olinda and in between are top of our list to digitally inspect.
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The Gippsland town riding a new wave of hope
A boom in investment and the coffee scene is luring buyers from Melbourne's suburbs to this once largely industrial hub.
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The luxurious Kew haven that holds a secret
This rock solid build in a blue-ribbon suburb has a surprising amount of space – all you have to do is push aside concealed doors in the kitchen.
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Renters, owners search for cheaper housing as welfare cuts loom
JobSeeker and JobKeeper are about to be cut by $300 a fortnight and, despite the moratorium on evictions, both renters and home owners are feeling the pinch.
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